Paley has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments here is Polissoir de la Forêt-Noire. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory.

4historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2

Inscrit2

Among them · Classé

Polissoir de la Forêt-Noire Prehistory
Polissoir de la Roche aux Diables Prehistory

Prehistory

oldest protected part

1923

first monument protected

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Age of homes28% built before 1919 · Older homes Map4 historic monuments Classé2 classé · France’s highest protection Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Paley?”

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Paley has fewer young adults than Seine-et-Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 5.6% are 15 to 24

Retirement age and beyond: a quarter of residents are 65 or older. Children under 15 make up 18%, lower than Seine-et-Marne’s towns (20%) yet higher than compared French towns (17%). Paley has a median age of 49.7.

49.7median age

PaleySeine-et-Marne medianFrance median

Seine-et-Marne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

25%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%

CAP or BEP28%

Baccalauréat17%

Higher education33%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Paley
	Paley	Seine-et-Marne median	France median
Under 15	18%	20%	17%
15–24	5.6%	13%	11%
25–44	20%	26%	23%
45–64	32%	25%	26%
65+	25%	15%	22%
No diploma	18%	17%	19%
CAP or BEP	28%	21%	26%
Baccalauréat	17%	20%	18%
Higher education	33%	34%	30%

Full pagePaley’s Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages49.7 median age · 25% are 65 or over Households210 households · 2.3 people per household Born abroad3.5% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Paley?”

INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

15.0% of commuters in Paley walk, cycle or ride, against 31.2% in Seine-et-Marne’s towns and 13.4% in compared French towns

Half of residents lived on more than €29,160 a year per consumption unit, about level with Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€28,310) and above compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.4% of working residents in Paley didn’t travel to work at all. Bus, tram or train carried just over a tenth of working residents in Paley to work at the census.

15%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%

Public transport11%

On foot4%

Bicycle0%

Motorbike or scooter0%

jobs based in Paley, 0.3 per working resident

9.5%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

€29,160

median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970

worked without traveling (at or from home)

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Getting to work15% walk, cycle or take transit Jobs based here50 jobs based here · 0.3 per working resident Median income€29,160 a year · Median income per consumption unit

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

86.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 6 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest collège is 2.2 mi off. General-bac pupils go 6.9 mi to the nearest lycée.

86.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Paley86.0%

Median of towns87.5%

School	Level	Candidates	Passed, 2025
Collège Jacques PrévertNearest collègeCollège	Collège	115	86%−6 pts

86.0%

passed the brevet at the collèges, −6 pts against the expected rate

2.2 mi

to the nearest collège from the town center

Full pagePaley’s schools pageOpen the page

Collèges86.0% passed the brevet · One collège within 5 km

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent in Paley is €14.00/m² a month, against €16.75/m² in Seine-et-Marne’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Sales in Paley from July 2023 to June 2026: 22 houses and apartments.

€14.00/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Paley€14.00/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Seine-et-Marne median€16.75/m²

€14.00/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.27 to €17.37/m² a month)

€11.40/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Full pagePaley’s cost of living pageOpen the page

Renting€14.00/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Paley

12pages on Paley

The big questions

SchoolsOne collèges and 0 lycées within 5 km Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 7.2 mi away Housing22 sales on record, the last three years Work & commute50 jobs based here Flood & hazards

Out and about

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The story

Who lives hereMedian age 49.7 History4 historic monuments Town HallFamous people

Landmarks

Paley has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.

All monuments →

Polissoir de la Forêt-NoireMonument · Prehistory

Église Saint-GeorgesChurch

Photo credits

Polissoir de la Forêt-Noire: Photo: SYGREF · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Georges: Photo: Loicwood · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Paley

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Paley yet.

How we find them →

Paley’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Seine-et-Marne →

Souppes-sur-LoingNemoursDordivesSaint-Pierre-lès-NemoursMontigny-sur-LoingMoret-Loing-et-OrvannePaley

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Paley	483	—	—	—	—	—
Souppes-sur-Loing	4,952	6.9	D	B	C⁺	D
Nemours	12,889	7.4	D⁻	C	D	C⁻
Dordives Loiret	3,277	7.9	C	B⁺	B	D
Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours	5,401	8.3	B⁻	C⁻	B⁻	A
Montigny-sur-Loing	2,669	8.4	—	C⁻	—	A⁻
Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne	12,810	9.1	B	C⁻	B⁺	B⁺

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Paley

Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France

Paley is a commune of 483 people in the Communauté de communes Moret Seine et Loing. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.

Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries

Population: 483 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes Moret Seine et Loing
Département: Seine-et-Marne (77)
Région: Île-de-France
Area: 3.6 sq mi (9.3 km²)
INSEE code: 77353

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.